Home Practice

A Guide to Self-Practice

Why Practice at Home?

There’s something powerful about unrolling your mat at home. In those quiet moments, yoga shifts from something taught in class to something you truly embody. Self-practice deepens what you’ve learned, builds consistency, and helps you meet yourself exactly where you are. Even 15 minutes can leave you feeling more grounded and whole.

Creating Space for Practice

A home practice doesn’t need to be complicated. What matters most is your presence.

• Choose a regular time of day that feels natural, and let it become a ritual.

• Keep your sequence short and simple.

• Make a space that feels clear and inviting.

• Keep props nearby—belt, blanket, block, chair, or wall.

• Always end with Savasana, so the body and mind can rest in stillness.

Gentle Reminders

Move with steadiness, not strain. Listen more deeply than you push.

As B.K.S. Iyengar reminds us in Light on Yoga:
“Practice with determination, patience, and faith.”

Stepping Onto Your Own Mat

Yoga blossoms when it moves beyond the classroom walls. Iyengar wrote that yoga is both an art and a science—something that transforms through abhyasa (steady practice) and vairagya (detachment).

Classes give us structure and guidance. But when we step onto the mat at home, we take true ownership. We listen more closely—to the body, the breath, the mind. Some days the practice may only be ten minutes; other days it may flow for an hour. Both are enough. What matters is showing up.

Home practice builds discipline, steadies the nervous system, and slowly teaches us to become our own teacher—knowing when to stretch, when to pause, when to rest.

Gentle Invitations to Begin

If you’d like some guidance as you start, here are a couple of simple sequences you can try at home. They’re not rules, just gentle companions for your practice.

✨ [Download beginners Sequence 1]
✨ [Download intermediate Sequence 2]

Iyengar always advised: begin simply. Repeat a few familiar asanas. Let your sequences grow over time. Use props as allies. Allow pranayama to open new doors. And always close with Savasana, to gather the fruits of your effort.

In this way, the yoga mat becomes more than just a rectangle of cotton or rubber. It becomes a mirror—reflecting our challenges, our growth, and our vast potential.

Enjoy your practice.
With love,
Kellie xo